In Search of the Nonprofit Sector

by Jonathan B. Imber (Editor)

Overview

At a time when boundaries between the nonprofit, business, and public sectors have grown increasingly confused and contested, this volume by leading experts on nonprofit organizations offers new ideas and frameworks for understanding the terrain that lies between the state and the market. The chapters span a broad range of emerging issues including nonprofit commercialism, sector-bending hybrid organizational forms, increasingly sophisticated nonprofit advocacy activities, newly hatched forms of volunteerism and philanthropy, tensions in public-nonprofit contracting, and new roles for faith-based nonprofits in social provision.Contents include: Peter Frumkin, "Charity and Philanthropy After September 11th"; Joseph M. Knippenberg, "Faith, Hype, and Charity: Constitutional Controversies over Charitable Choice"; Leslie Lenkowsky, "The Bush Administration's Civic Agenda and National Service"; Mark E. Warren, "What is the Political Role of Nonprofits in a Democracy?"; Steven Rathgeb Smith, "Government and Nonprofits in the Modern Age: Is Independence Possible?"; Amy L. Sherman, "Faith in Communities: A Solid Investment"; Stephen V. Monsma, "Nonprofit and Faith-Based Welfare-to-Work Programs: Government's Partners or Government's Captives?"; Thomas H. Jeavons, "The Vitality and Independence of Religious Organizations: A Once and Future Trend"; Estelle James, "Commercialism—Does It Help or Hurt the Nonprofit's Mission?"; J. Gregory Dees and Beth Battle Anderson, "Sector-Bending: Blurring the Lines Between Nonprofit and For-Profit"; David Reingold, "Scaling-up National Service in an Era of Performance Measurement and Accountability."In Search of the Nonprofit Sector will be essential reading for scholars and practitioners interested in the pressing management and policy challenges facing nonprofit organizations today.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781138525955
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	07/17/2017
Pages:	244
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

1: Nonprofits and Government: Rhetoric and Reality; 1: Government and Nonprofits in the Modern Age: Is Independence Possible?; 2: Social Welfare Organizations, Politics, and Regulation; 3: What Is the Political Role of Nonprofits in a Democracy?; 2: Nonprofits and Business: Blurred Boundaries; 4: Sector-Bending: Blurring the Lines Between Nonprofit and For-Profit; 5: Commercialism and the Mission of Nonprofits; 6: How Important Is a Nonprofit’s Bottom Line? The Uses and Abuses of Financial Data; 3: Philanthropy and Volunteerism: New Practices; 7: Inside Venture Philanthropy; 8: Charity and Philanthropy After September 11th; 9: National Service in Theory and Practice; 4: Nonprofits, Religion, and Government: Opportunities and Challenges; 10: Understanding Religious Organizations: Implications and Concerns for Public Policy and Social Welfare Services; 11: Nonprofit and Faith-Based Welfare-to-Work Programs: Government’s Partners or Government’s Captives?; 12: Faith in Communities: A Solid Investment